Loranthaceae
Oedina

Oedina brevispicata Polhill & Wiens

First published in Mistletoes Africa: 228 (1998)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (W. Usambara Mountains, Uluguru Mountains). It is a hemiparasitic epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Loranthaceae, Polhill & D. Wiens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1999

Morphology General Habit
Shrub to 1 m. or so, well branched; twigs tomentellous with stellate and small rusty dendritic hairs, soon glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Petiole 5–12 mm. long; lamina thinly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 3–8 cm. long, 1.5–4 cm. wide, rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, inconspicuously stellate-pubescent beneath, ± glabrescent; lateral nerves 4–8 pairs, spreading-ascending, rather obscure.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spikes axillary and clustered at older nodes, with 6–12 sessile flowers on an axis 4–25 mm. long; bract ovate to elliptic-obovate, concave, 3–4 mm. long, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
Receptacle 1–1.5 mm. long, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tubular, 2–3 mm. long, ciliate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 3.5–4 cm. long, orange, stellate-pubescent; bud-tip only slightly swollen; tube 15 mm. long, with a narrowly ellipsoid basal swelling 3–4 mm. long; lobes erect, the upper part spreading to reflexed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Filaments inserted 6–7 mm. above the base of the lobes, the upper half slightly thickened and loosely coiled, sometimes breaking off; anther 3–4.5 mm. long; connective-appendage minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Berry not seen.
Habitat
Montane forest; 1400–1900 m.
Distribution
T3 T6 known only from the above gatherings
[FTEA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0